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Passengers at KCI react to shootings at LAX

Hear from passengers at Kansas City International Airport who are reacting to the news of a deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Updated: 5:21 PM CDT Nov 1, 2013

Passengers at KCI react to shootings at LAX

Hear from passengers at Kansas City International Airport who are reacting to the news of a deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Updated: 5:21 PM CDT Nov 1, 2013

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WEBVTT FOR HER TO BE UNITED WITH HER FAMILY THERE. THOUSANDS OF FLIERS HAVE BEEN DELAYED ACROSS THE COUNTRY... DUE TO THE SHOOTINGS AT L- A-X. WE CHECKED IF ANY OF THE FLIGHTS TO AND FROM K-C-I HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. HERE'S THE CURRRENT FLIGHT SCHEDULE. AS YOU CAN SEE... THE FINAL FLIGHT OF THE EVENING IS STILL SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE ON TIME. TODAY'S EVENTS ARE WEIGHING ON THE MINDS OF TRAVELERS... AND OFFICIALS AT KCI. KMBC 9'S MATT EVANS IS AT THE AIRPORT. MATT... WHAT IS THE AIRPORT DOING IN THE WAKE OF THE SHOOTINGS -- TO MAKE SURE PASSENGERS STAY SAFE? KCI AIRPORT POLICE AND OTHER PERSONNEL SAY THEY ARE STAYING "EXTRA VIGILANT" TODAY AFTER WHAT HAPPENED IN LOS ANGELES. AIRPORT OFFICIALS ARE ALSO URGING PEOPLE HERE TO BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS THEY SEE TO THE AUTHORITIES. NOW EARLIER TODAY WE TALKED TO PASSENGERS HEADING TO L-A-X HERE AT THE AIRPORT. MOST OF THEM SAID THEY WERE A LITTLE WEARY, BUT WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WOULDN'T CAUSE THEM TO MISS THEIR FLIGHT ONE PASSENGER HEADING SAYS HE'S PRAYING FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE SHOOTING - BUT STILL FEELS SAFE AT THE AIRPORT. CLIP 13 3:55 "THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF IT MAN. THE LAPD AND THE ENTIRE POLICE FORCE HAS EVERYTHING HANDLED. I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN THOSE PEOPLE. WE GOT IT HANDLED." 4:05 AND COMING UP ON KMBC NEWS AT 6 - HEAR THE STORY OF SOME KANSAS CITY PASSENGERS WHO LEFT LOS ANGELES

Passengers at KCI react to shootings at LAX

Hear from passengers at Kansas City International Airport who are reacting to the news of a deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.